Choice passage from McClellan on Rice and Dick

[katty]

EXCERPT:
Rice, Cheney not spared from criticism

more:

http://www.ajc.com/meetro/content/news/stories/2008/05/27/mcclellanbook_0527.html

McClellan's criticism of Rice — who he pegs as "hard to get to know" — is blistering.

"I was struck by how deft she is at protecting her reputation," he wrote. "No matter what went wrong, she was somehow able to keep her hands clean, even when the problems related to matters under her direct purview, including the WMD rationale for the war in Iraq, the decision to invade Iraq ... and post-war planning and implementation of the strategy in Iraq."

McClellan predicts a harsh historical review of Rice.

"But whatever her policy management shortcomings, Rice knew public relations well. She knew how to adapt to potential trouble, dismiss brooding problems and come out looking like a star," he wrote. "Few performed better under the spotlight, glossing over mistakes with her effortless eloquence and understated flair."

McClellan brands Vice President Cheney as "the magic man" mysteriously directing outcomes in "every policy area he cared about, from the invasion of Iraq to expansion of presidential power to the treatment of detainees and the use of surveillance against terror suspects."

"Cheney always seemed to get his way," McClellan wrote.

[wildbilln864]

1. thanky! nt

[katty]

3. what we've known all along this forced march to hell....

"he (Cheney) always seems to get his way" - indeed!

[KT2000]

2. Thanks for this

I sure won't be spending $$ on the book but am anxious to know what it says.

[peacetalksforall]

4. Yep. Confirmation.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. History is not going to be gentle with this bunch of criminals...